Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1925, Page 2

2 * SHEPHERD DENIES MURDER, ONSTAND Remains Unmoved Through| Grueling Examination by State’s Attorney. Br the Ascociated Press © CHICAGO, June Shepherd took the A1:24 am. today to blow in his defense i#hat he used typhoid “his millionaire foster son McClintock : A crowded r thad foughi for of days of the five we strained forward tensely was callad. A great a man wide and stocky of b iy ha Aron gray. and his face chatky wi with its jail pallor, Shepherd ambled Jelsurely o the witness box Thotographer officially from all Cook County Criminal Scooted about the courtroom ing” the well composed man witness box from zll angles. Mrs. Shepherd, who has been in the courtroom eve day of the five weeks and two days of the tria sat with composed countenance as her husband offered his testimony. She had indi- 2ated last night that she did not wish bim to testify. The tiny courtroom capacity, hung in on every word utt An rder x ~William D. witness stand at strike the chief of the charg bacilli to slay William N ym of spectators. who this da the trial Shepherd admission on as Lanned urts shoot in silence the witness, Denies Charges. “Did vou m asked William chief counsel. after fieation questions, T did not repherd firm. well modulated vo The defense aitorney Shepherd through each charge in the indictment of 22 counts. covering ihe death of McClintock. by poison. serms and an “unknown manner In each insiance ewered T did not He denied that he ever €. Faiman. his chief a after he was taken into had written a letter to I tional University of Scienc ing a course in bacteriology ever seen John P. Marchand sentative of Faiman's school He denied that he had seen Di Amante Rongetti until afier his ar. rest. In threc minutes Shepherd's general denial of each and every ac- cusation him had been mally entered. and Stewart sat do with a remark “Take the witness' the prosecution. MeClintock ? . Shepherd's sual identi replied in a the defendant an had seen C iser. until ustody. ever aiman’s Na regard- or had a repre. 1zainst to Answers in Low Voice. pss-examination of the defendant xpected to be one of the most gruel- ing ever made of a witness. was be. Kun in a low voice by Prosecutor Rob ert E. Crowe. In keeping with it Shepherd dropped his voice. and the majority of the spectators were left to wonder just what Dheinz said. “You are here charged with the murder of William -Nelson McClin tock, aren't you ' asked Stewart after five questions of identification, ¢ g am." replied Shepherd § you murder McClintock? § T did not % “In this indictment vou are charzed #n v&Mous accounts with administer fing various forms of polson.” contin Wed Stewart. “Did you ever give Billy McClintock any poisos “1 did not,” was the second detailed denial “You_are charged with administer ing ta Billy McClintock various death dealing germs. Did vou ever give him any germs”” “1 never did.” Shepherd answered ! “You are charged in one of these Founts with murdering Billy McCiin tock in a manner and form unknown 20 the grand jury. Did you in any manner and form murder Billy Me Clintock? 1 did not,” and denials of charges of the actual murder were completed Minister First Witness. Rev. (. A. Naumann Paul's Lutheran Church, was the Avitness today ¥ He testified 1 the Shepherds’ at titude toward voung Billy McCiintock Mas always that of parents toward an own child. He xaid that relation was reflected by Bily The minister testifie at the Shepherd home Ing the illness of the voung million hire. Upon three of those occasion: he saw Miss Isabelle Pope. the youth's fiancee, and observed nothin In the relations between her Khepherds. The clerzyman tross.exam pastor he was mes dur that and was not Signe formerly a jn the testified became he laft mark that down with tafson maid Shepherd McClintock home that days before Billy I enough to his bed the dinner 1 the re he feared coming typhoid o take he with i e Never Saw Laborator formeriy a friend of Nelson MecClintock. who died 16 vears testified that he had never observec he home she shared with the Shepherds a laboratory the State allezes Shepherd maintained Albert Baenzinzer. reporter for the «‘hieago Iivening American, challenged the testimony of Miss Leola Allard a Herald and Examiner reporter Shepherd had stated he had drawn a will for the signature of Mre. MaClin tock. He said there was some dis cussion of a4 will hut that it invelved he document drawn by Alexander I Reichmann, who beeame 2 co-gnardian with Mrs. Shepherd MeClintock Raenzinger and Roberit K. Crowe, the State's attorner. argued heatedly when the re wonld not answer COOLIDGE TO DELAY ACTION ON ROBISON James Thome Mrs. Emma orter or “ne Granting of Retirement to Admiral Awaits Consultation With 0il Counsel. The Government oil counsel will be eonsulted by President Coolidge before he decides whether to grant retirement 1o Rear Admiral 1. K. Robison, who fizurad in the Fall-Sinclair-Doheny leasing program. The admiral. whoe twice has heen fused promotion. has been a in the oil cases. and Mr wants advice as ta the possible effect of his retirement As adviser 10 Secretary Denbyv. Ad. miral Robison helped work ont the leasing program in consultation with Albert B. Fall after the reserves hud heen transferred from the Navy to the Interior Department. CAILLAUX SILENT ON LOAN London Reports French Effort to Borrow £ 20.000.000. PARIS. June 23 (#).—Finance Min- jster Caillaus declines to confirm or deny reports from London that nego- tiations are under way with a British hanking group for a loan of £20,000,000 to support French exchange. the | el | the i that | {Visiting Woodmen {-Make Deep Dent in Chicago Food Stock Br the Associated Press CHICAGO. June 23.—Feeding an encampment of Modern Woodmen is as much of a task as feeding a small army, says Brig. Gen. M. R Smith. eminent balloonist and ho'd- er of the distinzuished service cross. who Is in charge of a camp of 6,000 foresters, attending the twentieth quadrennia! gathering of Modern ‘Woodmen here In the first day of the ment, which has been the municipal pier, tons of meat, 5,000 bunches of onions, 24,000 <, 9,000 pounds of potatoes and 590 gallons of ice cream were consumed, Gen. Smith reported The visiting dril! | sleep al the pier. where 10.000 cot« with bedding have been prepared. | Twenty chefs and more than 400 ks and waiters prepare the food. | encamp pitched at more than 3 | i | i teams eal and |LUMP SUM FISCAL PLAN HIT; COUNCIL ASKS $38,908,809 | (Continued from First Page.) to the Commissioners at thelr meeting this noon. | Other appropriations which | council recommended follow neral expenses of the District government, = $1.3 emergency | fund. $50,000; bridges, $35.000; trees |and parkings, £80,000: public conven- | ience stations, $70,000: electric depart ment, $850,000: police znd tiremen's relief fund. $500,000. hea! denart ment, $27Q,000: courts and prisons. $1. Ak militia $47.450 nacostia River and flats, $368.000 e build | inzs and grounds. $1.0 National Capital Park Commission. $600.000 I National Zoological Park $157,000. $31.100 Boost Sought. ier the heading of general ex- | penses the council recommends a to- | tal increase of $31.100, distributed as { follows: Building inspection division. { $5.100 to provide for the transfer to this division of three new division { plumbing inspection division, $5,040 | for three new positions; assessor's of- I fice, $1.860 for one new position; care | of District Building, $1.500 for mis- | cellaneous supplies: superintendent {of weights, measures and markets, {85,400 for purchase, maintenance and operation of a heavy auto truck for testing heavy capacity scales: Public Vtilities Commission, $1.200 for two accounting and auditing assistants and surveyor’s office, $5,000 for tempo- rary draftsmen, computers, etc 'he council explained thai it recom ends an increase of only $15.000 fo: |tre Traflic Bureau hecause it believes [that the problem of traffic control shonld be more carefully studied und worked out before any larse increase provided in personnel or equipment board the ol 000 More Urged for Libraries. An increase of 33! is recom mended for public libraries 1o provide for urgently needed improvements and |repairs in the Central Library and {an increase in personnel in the south- eastern and Mount Pleasant branches las well as a small force for the East ern Hizh. Deanwood and Randall Junior High Schools. in additlon to a nall increase in the item for binding hooks. An increase of $1.077.750 is recom mened for street improvements and ! repairs. distributed among the regular |items of appropriations as follows Assessment and permit work. $27,000: gas tax items. $388,000: condenmations of small park $5.000: repairs to {streets, avenues. etc.. $100,000. and {repairs (o suburban roads $27.500. {New items included under this head- |ing included one for a site for storaxe vards and buildinz. $336.000. abolish- ment of the Michizan avenue grade crossing 5.000. and for a recrea |tion pier to be construcied out of the old Acqueduct bridge in Georgetown 1 $25.0 of new bridges are recommended /by the council. the estimates merely covering malntenanc The councll stated it ion that more pu | tions are needed. and ommended an em $40.000 for = new siation. ihe location of which was 1oft o the Commissioners is of the opin onvenience sta- therefore rec Backs School Program. T council urged the Com ers to adopt the entire buildin: gram submiited by the Board ol cation and also certain increases itemis of appropriation for maintenance and operation. Among the schoo) ems favored were the following Teachers' . 356274000 build {ings and crounds. $4.38%.750. and re airs and improvements, $300.000. The construction of a building for a fourteenth police precinct. at a cost of $57.500, is recommended. A total increase of $199.075 is sug. zested for the Fie Department. The increase provides $15.300 for a hook and ladder truck at No. 28 engine. | house and $34.630 for the necessary personnel to man it 22 000 for two | pumpinz enzines: $24.000 for three { combination chemical and hose was ons. and $92,325 for erection of a new fire house in the vicinity of Sixteenth street and Piney Branch road. 1 The council urged an increas of { %9540, or a total of $60,840, for the {Juvenile Court in order to provide for !an additional medical officer, another ! investigating officer for juvenile work two additional probation officers for aduli work clerk sion- pro Eadu, e $800,000 Building Proposed. Declaring it recognizes need for ample quarters for the office of recorder of deeds and for the Mu nicipal Court.” the council requested t a suitable building he erected to se these two services at a cost of ahont $800,000, and suggested that half of this amount be sought from Con I The council favors an appropriation of $10,000 for the construction of six | inclosed porches at the Tuberculosis | Hospital. proposes an item of $450,000 ! for the erection of new buildings at Gallinger Hospital, urges an increase of $5.000 for the Board of Children's | Guardians, to be used for the board and care of children, and approves an increase of $12,500 for the Home for Aged and Infirm. making the total item for the Jatter institution $109.180. | To provide bathing facilities for both tha white and colored residents of the District the council suggests that 00,000 be sought. the great ' hou i Miss Laura Harlan | To Yield Post to | Man in Autumn | | The announcement that , Miss Laura Harlan would retire from her position as social secretary at the White House at the beginning of the next social season was made The management of formal social occasions at the White House will hereafter be in the hands of some man attached o the State Depart- ment. It is expected that Aiss Mary Randolph will continue as the personal secretary to Mrs. Coolidge attached to the White Mouse. No changee are anticipat- ed before Autumm, in | one stenographer and one THE EVEN T 'REALTORS ATTACK CONTROL OF RENTS Head of National Board Sees Dangerous Public Policy in Restriction. - i From a S1aff Cor~espondent DETROIT, Mich., June 23.—Declar- ing that ‘“rent control of any sort is bad public policy and bad aconomic policy,” President Edwards of the Na tional Association of IReal Estate Boards today told the opening meet- ing of the elghteenth annual conven {tion, gathered here, that the association has' expressed. and will continue to express, its opposition to rent legis | latfon. "Mr. Edwards' reference to the i rent legislation situation. in which he touched briefly on the rent controversy in Washington last Wint garded as not only expres sonal feeling. but that of the entire group of reaitors gathered here from 330 cities. He added tha: the public policy would he better served hy re moving legislative restrictions. John A. Petty Speaks. One of the first to address the meet ing today was John A. Petty, tary of the Washington Real Estate Board. Mr. Petty addressed the sec- retary’s division on “Active Member. ship Qualifications in Real Estate Boards.” He urged caution in the selection of only those men who can live up to proper ethical standards. ond declaved that if the progress of ihe real estate profession ix 1o be brought higher plane through i{he realtor movement the proper membership must be selected o con stitute the local board We | nigh-tvpe men. capable and eMcient {10 better the real estate profession | he sald he Washington ns gathered delegation of &% today with about Itors from all parts of the { United States. ¢anada, Hawali and | Cuba and heard Mr. Edwards attack rent legislation. Before he made his address the president of the associa tion was presented with an olive wood zavel, made in the carpenter shop at Nazareth where Christ spent many vears of his life #s a carpenter. Greetings were extended by Mayor Smith of Detroit Mr. Petty will again address the ronvention on Wednesday. Tomorrow 1 1.. McKeever of Washington will speak on rokerage.” and Lester A Pratt. engineer of Washington, will also address gathering Sees Suburb Growth. One of the most of the morning session Dr. William L. Balley. professor of Sociology of Northwestern Univer sity. Chicago. After an exhaustive survev Prof. Bailev said that he pre dicted a great suburban movement throughout the I'nited States We are abont to enter the third {field of the real estate developmnt in this country. First was the rural development. then the sh 1o the fcitis. now comes the movement to the suburbs.” he declared. Prof. Bailey declared that cities would not merely he composed of the business center and residential center in the future, but will be composed of { metropolitan districts with alternating business. residential and suburban sec- tions for a radlus of more than 100 { miles Fifteen million people in the United States are now suburbanites, or one in every six. Prof. Bailey declared. in predicting. on the basis of his survey and study of population trend, that the suburbs within a short time would ! vastly outnumber the cities in popu- {l1ation. The general trend al} over the country is not rural mer urban. but a migration from the city to the sub { urbs, he declared The Washington delegation is plan ning to attend the real estaie license {law discussions tomorrow. The local board urged the passage of a license law bill last session of Congress and will probably urge Congress fo pass such a law pext session. i | JAPANESE DEMAND CHINESE APOLOGY interesting talks was made hy | { | (Continued from First Page) {(ho suburbs of Shanghai by Gen. ! Chang Hsueh-liang, son of Gen. Chang | Tso-lin, the Manchurian war lord. Sefore proclaiming martial law Gen Chang Hsueh-liang is said to havi left Shanghai “rapidly and secretly No explanation of his reported de- parture has been made. Gen. Chang Hsueh-liang’s proclama- tion forbids public meeétings. issuance of propaganda pamphlets and cartoons and provides for the confiscation of unanthorized arms and ammunition. the censoring of letters and telegrams and the inspection of incoming and outgning vessels I CHARGE FALSIFICATION. Untrue Version of Riots ¢ For- eign Note Says. PEKING. June 23 (#).—The foreign diplomatic corps today sent a note to the Chinese government declining to |accept responsibility for delays in set- {tlemeni of the Shanghai strike trou- { bles and charging the Chinese govern- ment with giving an inaccurate ver- sion of the recent series of incidents Shanghat. The note was handed to the Chinese foreign office by Signor Cerruto of Italy, dean of the foreign ministers. Tt was a reply_to the last note from the foreign office. which attributed most of the recent Chinese disturh. ances 1o delays in adjustment of the strikes at Shanghal, and which pre- sented an account of the disturbances differing radically in detail from the version insisted upon by the foreign diplomatic corps. Today’s note from the foreign min, isters said the Chinese government’s version was “in direct opposition to the accounts which have been estab- lished according to carefully confirm- ed data.” The note deplored what it described as an attitude of the Chinese govern- ment. which is not of a nature to fa- cilitate a friendly settlement acded that the foreign minister not_admit the gratuitous imputation made by the Chinese government con. cerning the delay occasioned in the settlement of the Shanghai Incident It savs the foreign powers have act- ed with all possible diligence, and con- sequently decline to accept responsi- | bility for delay in adjustment of the Shanghal difficnities. JEDDAH SIEGE ABANDONED | i ! | Wahabi Tribesmen Retire to Holy City of Mecca. PORT SUDAN. Egypt, June 23 (#), —A telegram from Jeddah, the Red Sea port for Mecca, the Mohammedan holy city, says the Wahabi tribesmen who have been besieging Jeddah evacuated their positions Saturday without warning er fighting and are now supposed to be retiring to Mecca. Tn January Ibn Saoud. ieader of the | Wahahi tribesmen. attacked King Ali of the Hedjaz and captured Mecca, King Al fled to Jeddah, where the ‘Wahabis lald.slege £o.his. ING need | - | southwest, and a one-man street car | | | | NUN KILLED, 4 HURT | IN CRASH ENDING LIQUOR CAR CHASE (Continued from First Page.) of ont career Straight death and destruction. D street the two cars turned. the rum-running machine keeping half a block ahead Ogle said hix own speedometer 48 miles an hour and. in view fact that the negroes were away, he estimated they must have | been traveling at a rate of close to 60 miles an hour. Believing they were being overtaken. however, the jofficers said. the Robinson woman | turned and started hurling jars of moonshine whisky out into the path of the police car. Robinson, appar ently steering with one hand, despite {the terrific p turned 1o help her Then Second street flashed nearer. the slowly moving sedan with the quiet-faced Nisters of Mercy calmly conversing in the tonneau, just en- tering _the Intersection at a slow pace. There was no time to do any- thing. no time 1o think. Ogle press- ed hard on his Klaxon button, hut it was too late. Almaost soon as | the crash happened it was over what was left of the sedan was scattered over one pavement and the badly battered bootleggers ‘car. put out of commission, rested partly on another Police Car Dodges Wreck. Only read | of the drawing the experience of Ogle as a driver saved him from running his own car into one or other of the wrecks and probably adding to the casualties. Throwing his whole welght on the brakes. he barely suc ceeded in skidding past the scene and came to a stop a hundred feet | past the crash en hefore the of- ficers could retra that distance pedestrians were picking up the in- Jjured. and the detectives then turned Thelr atiention to the wrackers. And tonight, as scores of families | | throughout Washington gather around frugal boards, they will recall “the Little Angel of Providence the amiling little woman in the light blue habit and big white bonnet who had Knocked so often ai their docrs with overflowing kets and promises of | better things for the future—killed in the merciful service to which she haa dedicated her life more than 30 vear ago. Loved By City's Poor. Sister Cephas joined the Sisters of | Charity of St. Vincent de Paul when she was # voung girl and after serv.| | ing her novitiate had been sent to | Washington. In that time she had endeared herseif to the city’s poor In a manner_thai will not soon be for- | gotten. She was on her way to| | market for provisions at the time she | was killed. some for the sick patients {of Providence Hospital and some for | her unfortunate charges elsewhere. | In recent years Sister (ephas sight had begun to fail and she was | almost blind. With the assistance of | heavy. blue glasses. however, she in { sisted upon continuing her work of ! mercy. and Father Moore, who admin- | istered the last rites. expressed a he. lief that she never saw the death car as it rushed toward her. “It was mercifully quick _and know she was spared any suffering, the priest said. “She had received | holy communion only an hour be. {fore and she was ready to die.” | Both Sister ‘ephas and Sister Ag- ynes were born in Baltimore. The mother home of their order is at Emmitsburg. Md.. and both had studied there for the work in which they were engaged. It has not been ascertained as vel where the body will be interred. but it is thought likely the funeral service will take {place in Washington. Sister Agnes {and Ladgon are expected to recover | by physeians at Providence Hos- | pital. | DRIVER W1 | D | | " 'S AND RUNS, E. A. Clark Severely Other Traffic Egbert A. Clark. 65, of 16 Wil- liams lane. Chevy Chase, Md.. re-| | ceived a fracture of the left elbow {and other severe injuries yesterday ' while standing on the sidewalk at Massachusetts avenue and Twelfth street. An automobile driven by an unidentified individual left the street and knocked him down. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and given first aid by Dr. Reese. Police Lave not succeeded in identifying and arresting the “hit-and-run” driver. A motor delivery truck driven by Philip W. Briscoe, 409 Third street Injured. i Accidents. Dr. | collided near New Fourteenth ~street yesterday after- | noon. Henry Chase, 16, of 1426 ! | Eleventh street, jumper on the truck. ecefved an -injury to his head He was given first aid at Emergency | Hospital While on the sidewalk in front of | 1810 Ninth street vesterday afternoon William Allen, colored. 1624 XNinth streei. was knocked down by the au- tomobile of Jesse Young, Siiver Sprinz. Md.. and slightly injured. He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital. Two colored children. Alexander Hawkins, 10, 2268 Ninth street. and Doris Robinson, 14, of 8§08 Barry place, were injured yvesterday after- noon by a runaway horse while in front of 808 Barry place. They were treated at Freedmen's Hospital for slight cuts and bruises. Mattie Walker, 40, of 2011 Four- teenth street. was struck by a street car last night while on the loading { platform at Fourteenth and F' streets. Police reported she was not hurt. York avenue and Brocade of ravon and metal threads 18 being made in Germany -for fair ‘Wearers-of America. - STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, Above: n, Below (left t the pursuing automobile. STATE DRY HEADS’ POSTS ABOLISHED ontinued from First Page.) ssible co-operation” with the Department of Justice and the setting up in the 22 districts of an adminis trative machine to be headed by a prohibition administraig® and two as | sistants. Economy One Mofive. “The plan.” according to Mr. lon’s statement a tion with view economy Mel o and effi | clency. permitting the use of a small er personnel tons.’ : “It is believed the Federal func tion in prohibition enforcement is to stop the sources of supply—importa jon. diversion of legitimately manu factured alcohol. illegitimate manu facture and transportation of akohol and alcoholic beverages.” sald the formal statement issued at the Treas- ury. Federal law enforcemeni energies will be directed primarily against the bootleg Industry in all operations. Effort will be made to assist and develop local enforcement. The Treasury Department will work in closest possible co-operation with he Department of .Justice and its agents. both at headquarters and in the field. All control of alcohol, ex- cept the collection of the Federal tax. is made the sole responsibility of the prohibition administrators represent- ing the commissioner of internal revenue. “In each district a prohibition ad. ministrator will be appointed, selected for personal fitness and executive and business ability. He will be given full authority and held responsible for the enforcement of the law and for all personnel within his district. His official staff will include a firs assistant directly in charge of permis- ive work and a second assistant in charge of enforcement work, a chemist and a counsel who will work in close co-operation with United States attorneys. Agents nnder the with higher qualifica | Airst assistant will be trained pharma- cists and chemists, and under second assistant trained eriminal vestigators and detectives. Officials Will Stay. “The headguarters in Washington will be largely one for supervision to secure uniformity of policy, standard- ization, co-ordination, etc. Its func- tions will be conducted under the same officers as at present, but their duties will be less administrative and more supervisory. Opportunity will be given for these officers to spend a considerable portion of their time in the field.” Mr. Andrews announced the follow- ing district headquarters, together with the territory included under each Jurisdiction : No. 1—Boston: shire. Vermont, Rhode Tsland. No. 2—New York eastern digtricts of Connecticut. No. 3—Buffalo: Western and north- ern districts of New York. No. 4—Pittsburgh: Western middie districts of Pennsylvania. No. 5—Philadelphia: Eastern district of Pennsylvania and New .Jersey. No. 6—Baltimore: Maryland, Dis- trict of Columbia, Virginia and Dela- ‘ware. " No. 7—Atlanta: Georgia and North and South Carolina. No. 3—Tampa:_Florida. No. 9—New Orleans: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. No.—Louisville: Kentucky and Ten- nessee. No. 11—Columbus: Ohio and West Virginia. No. 12—Detroit: diana, No. 13—St. Louis: Missouri and east- ern and southern districts of INli- " No. 14—Chi Northern district 0. 1 Chicago: Northern of Illinois and Wisconsin. - . . . » the in- Maine, New Hamp- Massachusetts and Southern and ew York and and Michigan and In- £ two sisters, o right): Howard E. Ogle, Capt. 4. J. Headley and F. | Schenk examining evidence thrown from liquor car. decentraliza- | Phases of its | JUNE 2 which was struck by bootleg car. A, Ogle and Schenk were in No. 15— Minneapolis: North and South No. 16— Omaha Kansas. ]. Nol1z lahoma No. 18-—Denver New Mexico. No. 13—Heiena and Wyoming | No. 20—Seattle: Washington and Alaska 1 No. 221--San Francisco: Northern district of California and Nevada. No. 22 -Los Angeles: Southern dis {trict of California and Arizona No. 23—Honolulu: Hawaii. No. 24—San Juan: Porto Rico. Minnesota and Dakota. ebraska, lowa and I Fort \Worth: Texas and Ok- Colorado, Utah and Montana, Indiana Oregon ct Change Due August The change of organization wiil be started into effect August 1. and be | put_more completely into effect as | rapidly ax conditions warrant, it was | said. Mr. Andrews. who formulated the | new plan of organization, is the field | marshal of the Government's agencies | having to do with prohibition en | forcement. and is the Assistant See- |retary of the Treasury jn charge of the ‘customs, United States ard and prohibition unit. Since his induction into office a | few months ago he has thoroughly inspected the entire prohibition ma chine and made his plan only after studving the whoie problem and learning the present strength and weaknesses from first hand contact. He not only held lengthy conferences here with all chiefs concerned, but toured the country inspecting the field forces. Under the present prohibition sys- tem the Prohibition Unit has its head- quarters here for both supervisory and administrative purposes. Under the new system. Mr. Andrews ex- plained. the Washington headquar- ters will be more supervisory in ca pacity and the 22 field headquarters will ‘do most of the administrative work. | Dual System Now Used. | At present there are two kinds of prohibition agents. operating under a dual system. In each State there lix a State director. under whom are | “Federal prohibition agents.” These Im-n are confined to the jurisdiction of their States. Under Chief of General Prohibition gents E. C. Yellowley twhose head quarters is here in Washington, there are operated 18 divisional ters. of which one is located here, in charge of Harry M. Luckett. These divisional chiefs have under them gen- jeral prohibition agents.” whose com- ymissions are roving, and who con- stitute a “mobile force” for transfer anywhere. HINES GIVES WARNING OF LOANS ON BONUS {C:ntionl Veterans Against Giving War Certificates to Money Lenders. War veterans were warned today by Director Hines of the Veterans' Bureau against money-lenders who are attempting to obtain bonus certi- ficates as security. The director acted after he had been’ informed by Chief Moran of the secret service that 235 adjusted serv- ice certificates had been accepted by a money-lender in San Antonio, Tex. Director Hines called attention to the law which provides that no loan may be made on adjusted service certificates untll after two years from the date of issuance. He sald vet- erans’ organizations and communities generally throughout the country should ssaist in protecting the inter- esta-of the vetarans, ‘ i headquar- | |GORDON EXPECTED 10 SUCCEED SELF | Reappointment as District Attorney Is Probable, Officials Say. Reappointment of Peyton Gordon as United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, appeared prob. able today. as President Coolidge lefi Washington for a stay of several weeks al Swamscott, Mass. A spokesman for the President de clared today that while he could make no promise. the reappointment of Mr. Gordon to the post of district attorney was expected Mr. Gordon has conferred twice with Mr. Coolidge in the last month, and the President is said 1o have been tavorably impressed with the disirict altorney’s statement of the condi tlon of District 1itigation other candidates are in the field. they were said today to lack consistent backing, and it almost assured that Mr. Gordon be reappoint ed Mr. Gordon was appointed 10 the post of district attorney by President Harding in 1921, His present term ex pires on August 11, and the reap- pointment is expected to be made b: the President while he is at Swamp- scott. was would Had Long Career. Mr. Gordon. who lives at the Ward man Park Hotel. has had a long and distinguished career as a lawyer in | Washington. culminating in his ap { pointment. nearly four years ago the post he now holds. Ife served as {# major in the Judge Advocate Gen aral's Corps during the war ! six months at general headquarters of the A. E, F.. at Chaumont. France His first appointment as a Eederal {law officer came in 1901, when he was named assistant United States attor nev for the District of Columbia. 10 vears afier he graduated from Colum bia Universitv. He served as pardon { attorney from 1904 to 1907 and as spe. cial assistant to Aftorneyx General ickersham and Bonaparte. in charge land fraud cases in the West Mr. Gordon prosecuted the Govern- ment's claim for fraud against opera- tors of the Teapot Dome cases. which resulted last week in a decision against the Government. He has been ! active in the fight against lewd litera {ture and has recently instituted the so-called “bootleg” court, which grants Jury rials arrested b {every day instead of once a week '8 ARRESTED, 2 CARS TAKEN IN RUM RAIDS Seventy Gallons of Liquor Seized by Police in War on Bootleggers. Eight prisoners. 70 gallons of liquor and 2 automobiles fell into the hands lof police raiders during the last 24 hours of anti-liquor warfare here Capt. Guy Burlingame and other raiders seized an automobile and zallons of whisky when they arresied Villiam Marlow. colored. 24. of 201 street. for illegal possession esterday. Early today the oup arrested James Willlams {©lored. of 1304 Fourth stree {charge of transporting liquor. | With Detective Ogle of the fourth | precinet. Capt. Burlingame and his squad arrested Silas Campbeil. col {ored. 48. of 908 Second street south {east and Percy Tinker. colored, 27 ! same address. for transporting and illegal possession of liquor. seizing | half a gallon of whisky and an auto | mobile. Later in the night Sergt. Lee land Ogle arrested William | colored. of 1245 Howison street south | west for transporting and illegal pos | session | Policemen jand Rochford | raided 0 K street lasi night. ar resting William 7. Cady. 35. on a harge of lllegal possession of liquor izing 21 quaris of gin {alcohol and 15-gallon keg of beer | The same raiders shortly thereafter | raided 1017 Twentieth street and ar rested Patrick J. Mulvehill, on charges of selling. illegal possession of and manufacturing liquor. The raid ers seized elght quarts of whisky, a still and 10 gallons of mash. | Policemen Barbee and Thaver of the second precinct last night arrested { Carrie Morton. colored. of 600 Q street charged with lllegal possession late same on & May: precinet Casey. Strange. of the third | “Dope Peddler” Sentenced. Charles Fvans. colored “dops ped dler.” was sentenced today by Justice Siddons fn Criminal Division 1 10 |serve five vears in the penitentiary | He 18 known as an old offender and confeseed to a sale of narcotics on | May 28, ! | Chaplain Shrum to Mayflower. Lieut. Comdr. Reuben W. Shrum, Chaplains’ Corps, United States Navy, has been detached from the navy-yard here and .ordered to duty aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower. {Cop’s Nifty Watch | Loses Parking Row With Five Clocks Autoist Accused of Vio- lating Law Comes Out Best in Debate. Being outclocked 5 to 1 did not deter Traffic Policeman Frank S Marshall from attempting to make an arrest today when a parked his automobile in front of the Federal-American National Bank. The depositor approached the bank building at 9:10, and, knowing that parking was not permitted until 9:15, circled the block several times, and |as the hands of his watch and those of the four-faced clock across | machine. i As he was going | Policeman Marshall rushed up and. holding up three fingers, velled “Three minutes vet!" The depositor merely pointed to the clock across "'ho street and entered the hank Coming out within five minutes, he | met Policeman Marshall near his car in hand. An argument into the bank | with watch watch was a 28-jeweled affair that never was known to lose 10 seconds in a month. Three vice presidents of the bank, hearing the dispute, joined in the discussion. After declaring that it was just a violation of this nature that Police Court Judges Schuldt and Hitt al- ways fined heavily, the policeman withdrew, saving: “Well, I'll pass it up this time.” At Police Court today it was found that it was just these cases that the court did frown on. but the frowning was against policemen who brought them in court. “Such things are ri- diculous,” was the comment of both Judge Schuljt and Judge Hitt, Although | spending | 4z | Simms, | 20 quarts of | depositor | the | street pointed to 9:15 he parked his | | followed. the policeman declaring his | EFFIENGY TESTS ORDER PROTESTED Bureau Changes Now in Ef- fect Excite Ire of Navy Department Employes. An order the Bureau of EM ciency was put into effect at the Na Department today. which directs tha the efficiency marks of employes this department materially duced from thoxe which were by their semiannual marking from sent in superfors at the regula As a resnl the original marks given, many of 1h employes matically received increases in pav fect of the arder this, {t i deciared 1 new is Employes In mployes of the depart dignant over the arbitrar: by the Bureau of Efficiency of them tore into hits their efficiency figures when thes brought 1o them. A number of officers in charge of bureaus are ing a strenuous fight to gair employes the return the that are due them and were hase their efficiency It was pointed out at the depa ment today that practically all of t bureaus have been cut 1o in civillan personnel and who remalned when the othe discharged in accordance with ductlon program are the mosi effi and ferform their |of them vas average and which were originall good faith. Howev the Rureau of Efficiency ried out and all empic Department are being erage marks, whict any prospect for grade in which they are 0 | nt Many duties we! in { Clerk’s Comment clerk of ¥ Curtis Navy Department had been received partment from cy. and that i to all emploves marks down an In the new marking scheme was found ployes being « and some 12, hut to bring them of 85 per The revisad collected und will b the Bureau of Efficier ployes are openly ness in the whole considerable disconter shown LEGION IS FACING FIGHT IN ELECTION District Ranks Stirred by Caucus Reported Getting Back- ing for Peyser. chie <aid Bu inst so as to hring figures pro rembers of the the District of A majority of the American Legion in Columbia look forward to a spirited contest at the annual department con- vention Friday and Saturday nigh's in | the auditorium of the Interior Depart {men( Ruilding. when the sponsors | What is said 1o have been a secret cau cus designed 1o line up several of 1 {legion posts behind Capr. Julh | Pevser for commander come the floor and nominate their date Capt. Peyser is the indorsement | posts for the position {candidates - Howard { Ch: es 1.. Riemer {made no artempt |backing. Statements were being {1y made today hat Capt Pe {election and the manner in which his support was organized would plitting the Distrier | |open and bring about the {of a larze number of members 2 |the 2,000 affiliated with th |composing the local organization | Pevser's supporters, among Charles Kchen, commander of Vincen B. Costello Post, which Capt. Pe ser is a member, dispuie this state {ment, declaring thex ch the |man” from small group of [aates : Barred Out, Is to have obtained ¢ at dozen while the other S Fisk and are said 1o ha get organized | 30 posts capt made posts of the | The opposing faction } the remaining 1% | contend a_meeting las {in Capt. Peyser's office which b support was consolidated among dozen posts represented. was a sec caucus, and that the larger among _them George Stuart Walcott. H. © neth Nash and the Cluh Post were delibe of the invitation to attend ment was further made members of other posts th » vited to attend the meeting. heard « the caycus, tried to get in and were not_permitted to appear The complete ticket arranged at the secrpt”” caucus three davs ago i made up of the following candic Capt Julinug 1. Pevser for depart mental mander; for first vice mander, Thomas Fra of Jasper Post: for second vice mander, William Coggswell of Auz tus P. Gardiner Post: for third commander, Miss Helen McCar 1". & 8. Jacob Jones Post Members of the apposition declare a secret caucus is decided unethical. while those who have he instrumental in placing Capi. Peveer | in nomination defend such a {cedure, sayving secret caucuses heen held before other | Legion meetings | SUPPOSED BEER IS FATAL - oo Saturday nigh posts Spe Nat ely ¢ The state toda v oy Serg h factic is pro have Ameriean | 8t. Elizabeth’s Patient Drains Bot- | tle of Disinfectant. Mistaking a bottle of poisonous dis infectant for beer. Arpine Prysonp a patlent at St. Elizabeth's Hospits drank its contents vesterday and died {an hour later. Kifforis of Dr. Willis M. Kenna to save his life were futile The body was turned over fo | United States Veterans' Hospital Prysonpp. # native of Russia. ser {In the Army from 1817 to 1813 after his discharge was admitted 10 | the hospital from the \eterans Ru reau Hospital No. 48 at Philadelphia | Prior to the World War he was a coal | miner In Morgan, Pa. His nearest I relative is said to be a brother, Jark Prysonpp of Morgan, Pa. WISCONSIN BANK ROBBED. Bandits Blow Vault and Escape With $50,000. DUBUQUE, lowa, Five men early today National Bank_ at Shultsburg, Wis., and escaped ifPan automobile. It ix reported they obiained 000, While three of the robbers terrorized eitizens who were on the streets, the ofher two gained entrance 1o the ‘hank throngh a window and hlew the ve it Telephone wires-were cut. ' June 23 (#) robbed the First